August 2018 Children's Department Newsletter

Weekly Programs in August

Preschool story times: Tuesday & Friday: 10:30 a.m.; Thursdays at 4:15Story times are for children ages 2 and older and their families or caregivers.Location: Children’s Activity Room. No Registration. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Lap Sit every Monday at 10:30 and 11:15 a.m. in the Children’s Activity RoomThis program is for babies, toddlers, and their parents or caregivers. Make new friends while listening to simple stories and learning finger plays and songs with Miss Gail, our new lap sit leader. Free; no registration.

New Program starts Wednesday, August 22.Music & Fun with Miss Gail. Please check the website after August 17th for more information about this exciting program for young children.

Summer Reading Club: Reading Takes You Everywhere!

Thank you for participating in our 2018 Summer Reading Club and attending our many programs. We had lots of fun, and we hope your families did, too.

Important Reminder: Children may collect reading club prizes until Saturday, August 11th.

***August Events for Children***

Lego BuildersClub

Saturday, August 11th: 2 to 3:30 p.m.Walnut & Elm Rooms

Lego Builders Club is open to children of all ages. Come and build with the library’s Lego collection. After the program, children may display their creations in display cases in the library for three weeks. Children who are age 8 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.

Family Fun Day @ the Library & the Morton Community CenterSunday, August 26, 1 to 4 p.m.

The staff of the children’s department would like to thank all the people, organizations, and businesses who helped make our summer a success: The Friends of the West Lafayette Public Library, Nick Schenkel, Columbia Park Zoo Mobile staff, Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Melissa Gallant, Leah Thompson, Laverne Mikhail, Kim Fields, Applebee’s, Arni’s Pizza, Arrowhead Bowl, Cold Stone Creamery, Insomnia Cookies, Malone’s Gymnastics, McDonald’s, Penguin Random House Publishing Company, Subway, West Lafayette Parks and Recreation, and all the teen volunteers who registered children and gave them prizes in the children’s department.

Thanks! You were wonderful!

We would not be able to have such high quality programs without help from these people and organizations.